Russell creamer langdon



No. 6l|,692. Patented Ot: 4, I898.

R. G. LANGDON. CARTRIDGE HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR BELTS.

(Application filed June 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOI'? WITNESSES MM; flaw,

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UNITE (STATES PATENT FFICE.

RUSSELL CREAMER LAN GDON, OF NETV YORK, N. Y.

CARTRIDGE-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR BELTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 611,692, dated October 4:, 1898.

Application filed June 9, 1898' Serial No. 683,031. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUSSELL OREAMER Siding at NewYork, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Holding Attachments for Belts, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same.

- This invention relates to cartridge-holders; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is adapted to be connected with a sword-belt, pistol-belt, or other belt worn by army officers, artillerymen, cavalrymen, and others.

The inventionis fully disclosed in the following'specification of which the accom panying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is an outside viewof my improved cartridge-holder; Fig. 2, an inside view, and Fig. 3 a'plan view.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a strip '5 of stiff leather or other suitable material,

sheet metalbeing employed, if desirable, and

this strip is preferably segmental in form or curved to correspond with the-'waist-curve, around which the belt is passed. The strip 5 is provided with spring-clamps 6 for connecting it with the belt, three of which are preferably shown, and these clamps are composed of a strip of spring metal folded approximately at the middle, as shown at 7, and one side thereof is preferably shorter than the other, as shown at 8, and the shorter side is secured to the strip 5 in any desired manner, and the longer side 9 is curved inwardly at the middle thereof, and the lower end thereof is formed into a hook 10, which is adapted to engage with the end of the shorter at 13, and said supplemental strip'll is preferably much narrower than the mainstrip 5, and secured to theinner side thereof is an auxiliary strip 14, formed into semicircular loops 15, and the auxiliary'strip 14 may be composed of stiff leather, sheet metal, or any desired material and is secured to the supplemental strip 11 between each of the said loops 15 by rivets 16,'or instead of the rivets 16 the said auxiliary strip 14 may be secured to the supplemental strip 11 by stitching or in any desired manner. v

' The auxiliarystrip 14, from which the loops 15 are formed, is secured to the main strip 5 at the points 17 between the loops 12 of the supplemental strip 11, and by means of this construction the loops 12 are held in proper position and the device is given sufficient strength and rigidity. The cartridges are inserted into the spaces 18, formed by the loops 15, and are held therein in the usual manner.

It will be apparent that a number of these devices may be connected with the belt and any suitable belt may be employedfor that purpose, and it will also beapparentthat by means of the peculiar formation of my improved cartridge-holder attachmentmore cartridges may be carried than with other devices of this class or cartridge-belts as usually constructed, this'result being accomplished by reason of the loop-shaped arrangement of the spaces 18, into which the cartridges are inserted.

The main advantage of my attachmentmext to the general advantage of adetachable cartridge-holder for belts, consists in the fact that cartridges can be loaded three at a time, this operation being made possible by the arrangement of the spaces 18, into which the cartridges are inserted, the are on which these spaces 18 are arranged being of the same radius, or approximately so, as the circle on which the cartridge-chambers are arranged in the cylinder of the revolver ordinarily used. This is what makes the attachment peculiarly adapted for the quick loading of revolvers. The arrangement of the spaces 18 in the way described would not be of particular advantage for other firearms, except for the fact that it provides means whereby more cartridges can be carried on a belt of given length.

Another advantage of my improvement consists in the fact that when the cartridge holder or holders are used in connection with a sword-belt they may be detached therefrom whenever desirable, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

My improved cartridge-holder attachment may be composed of any desired material and is preferably colored black.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cartridge-holding attachment for belts, comprising a main strip having spring-clamps secured to the inner side thereof, said main strip being provided with cartridge-holding devices which are secured to the outer side thereof, said cartridge-holding devices consisting of a supplemental strip formed into circular loops, and secured to the main strip, and an auxiliary strip secured to the inner side of the supplemental strip at regular intervals so as to form cartridgereceiving spaces, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cartridge-holding attachment consisting of a curved main strip 5, spring attaching devices 6 secured to the inner side thereof, and cartridge-holding devices consisting of a supplemental strip 11 secured to the outer side thereof and formed into loops, and an auxiliary strip 14 secured at regular intervals to the inner side of the supplemental strip so as to form cartridge-receiving spaces, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cartridge-holdin g attachment for belts, comprising a main curved strip, devices secured to the concave side thereof for connecting said main strip with a belt, said main strip being also provided with cartridge-holding devices which are secured to the convex side thereof, said cartridge-holding devices being arranged in loops or in segments of a circle, substantially as shown and described.

4. A cartridge-holding device adapted to be detachably connected with a belt, said device being provided with cartridge-holders which are arranged in loops or segments of a circle, each of said loops or segments of a circle being provided with three of said holders, substantially as shown and described.

5. A cartridge-holding device, comprising a main strip which is curved or segmental in form, and which is provided with spring attachments secured to its concave side,whereby it may be connected with a belt, and said strip being provided with cartridge-holders which are secured to its convex side and arranged in the form of loops or segments, each of said loops or segments being provided with a plurality of cartridge-holders, substantially as shown and described.

6. A cartridge-holding device adapted to be detachably connected with a belt, said cartridge-holding device consisting of a main strip provided on one side with spring-clamps by which it may be connected with a belt, and on the opposite side with cartridge-holders, substantially as shown and described.

7. A cartridge-holding device adapted to be detachably connected with a belt, said cartridge-holding device consisting of a main strip provided on one side with spring-clamps by which it may be connected with a belt, and on the opposite side with cartridge-holders, said cartridge-holders being arranged in segmental loops, each of said loops being provided with a plurality of pockets into which the cartridges are adapted to be inserted, sub stantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of June, 1898.

RUSSELL CREAMER LANGDON.

Witnesses:

EDGAR THOMAS COLLINS, WILLIAM ERNEST WELSH. 

